HL7 Europe Hospital Discharge Report
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HL7 Europe Hospital Discharge Report, published by HL7 Europe. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0-alpha built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/hl7-eu/hdr/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## : Encounter Class Value Set - XML Representation

Page standards status: Draft | Maturity Level: 1

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    <ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="hdr-encounterClass-eu-hdr"/>
      <text>
        <status value="extensions"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet hdr-encounterClass-eu-hdr</b></p><a name="hdr-encounterClass-eu-hdr"> </a><a name="hchdr-encounterClass-eu-hdr"> </a><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html"><code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode</code></a><span title="Version is explicitly stated to be 10.0.0"> version &#x1F4CD;10.0.0</span><table class="none"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-IMP">IMP</a></td><td>inpatient encounter</td><td>A patient encounter where a patient is admitted by a hospital or equivalent facility, assigned to a location where patients generally stay at least overnight and provided with room, board, and continuous nursing service.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-ACUTE">ACUTE</a></td><td>inpatient acute</td><td>An acute inpatient encounter.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-NONAC">NONAC</a></td><td>inpatient non-acute</td><td>Any category of inpatient encounter except 'acute'</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-OBSENC">OBSENC</a></td><td>observation encounter</td><td>An encounter where the patient usually will start in different encounter, such as one in the emergency department (EMER) but then transition to this type of encounter because they require a significant period of treatment and monitoring to determine whether or not their condition warrants an inpatient admission or discharge. In the majority of cases the decision about admission or discharge will occur within a time period determined by local, regional or national regulation, often between 24 and 48 hours.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-SS">SS</a></td><td>short stay</td><td>An encounter where the patient is admitted to a health care facility for a predetermined length of time, usually less than 24 hours.</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>
      </text>
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                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
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                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
        <valueCode value="draft"/>
      </extension>
      <url value="http://hl7.eu/fhir/hdr/ValueSet/hdr-encounterClass-eu-hdr"/>
      <version value="1.0.0-alpha"/>
      <name value="EncounterClassHdrVS"/>
      <title value="Encounter Class Value Set"/>
      <status value="draft"/>
      <experimental value="false"/>
      <date value="2026-04-17T16:11:24+00:00"/>
      <publisher value="HL7 Europe"/>
      <contact>
        <name value="HL7 Europe"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="url"/>
          <value value="http://hl7.eu"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <description
                   value="Hospital Discharge Report Encounter Class specifies a general class of inpatient encounter as being accute, nonaccute, emergency, short stay ... "/>
      <jurisdiction>
        <coding>
          <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
          <code value="150"/>
          <display value="Europe"/>
        </coding>
      </jurisdiction>
      <copyright
                 value="Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0)."/>
      <compose>
        <include>
          <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/>
          <version value="10.0.0"/>
          <concept>
            <code value="IMP"/>
            <display value="inpatient encounter"/>
          </concept>
          <concept>
            <code value="ACUTE"/>
            <display value="inpatient acute"/>
          </concept>
          <concept>
            <code value="NONAC"/>
            <display value="inpatient non-acute"/>
          </concept>
          <concept>
            <code value="OBSENC"/>
            <display value="observation encounter"/>
          </concept>
          <concept>
            <code value="SS"/>
            <display value="short stay"/>
          </concept>
        </include>
      </compose>
    </ValueSet>